Latifah Returns To Hip Hop
Posted on September 13, 2008
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Queen Latifah considered naming her new hip-hop album The L Word “just to mess with people’s heads.” The New Jersey rapper/actress has endured much speculation about her sexuality because she doesn’t discuss her personal life and played a lesbian in the 1996 film Set It Off. “L was gonna stand for love though or La,” she laughs. “Since people want to play games, I like to jab back sometimes just for fun, but I’m like, ‘Nah, that’s too much energy wasted.’ ”
For her latest project, the New Jersey singer says that she will return to her rap root by working with LL Cool J and Dr. Dre. “Dre helped me write some stuff. He wrote some stuff with me and Ludacris wrote a record for me,” Latifah says.
Latifah calls the new album (due in December) “banging” and plans to hit the road next year.
It’s All About The Shoe
Posted on September 13, 2008
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Bill Cunningham, has been capturing the New York Fashion scene for the New York Times, for as long as I can remember. Traversing the city streets on his bike, he photographs street style like no other. Here is his latest observation.
New Music From “Little Jackie”
Posted on September 12, 2008
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Blend the old-school R&B sound with a quirky hybrid of hip-hop and pop and you get Little Jackie, the creation of genre-defying singer-songwriter Imani Coppola and programmer Adam Pallin.
With a nod to the soulful Motown rhythms of the past and a sneer to many of the social and cultural issues that consume the public today, Coppola has crafted an album of musical sugar and spice, filled with sweet, saccharine-tinged melodies and spicy, bold commentaries.
The debut music video from Little Jackie, “The World Should Revolve Around Me” From the album “The Stoop” out NOW in the US on S-Curve Records! Click below to buy!
The Stoop
